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Friday, 21 November 2008

Australian Inventions

Before I set foot in Australia, I was under the impression that the general population consisted of the descendants of a bunch of convicts, whose creativity was limited to stealing a loaf of bread.

Or along those lines.

Considering they got caught doing it and were thus banished to the bizarre island called Australia (and you have no idea how bizarre), they couldn't have been all that innovative or creative, I reckoned.

Now it looks like a simple, unassuming invention, but that's exactly what's brilliant about it!

Apart from having rotary arms (which means it moves with the wind and thus, clothes dry faster) it also has a pinion winding mechanism (which means it can be raised and lowered).

If your dog is fond of chewing up your freshly washed clothes, the Hill's Hoist will have it looking mournfully at the washing from a distance.

And the Australians are not limited to merely erecting clothes lines. Among their other inventions is the Esky, the portable insulated cooler which keeps drinks cool at the picnic.

If you're Malaysian, you'd know what a valuable invention that is - especially when your throat is parched after a marathon search for the perfect (but elusive - especially on a public holiday) picnic spot with no ants, flies or bird poo.

5 comments:

Unfortunately even in Msia I am using a dryer - no need to iron too much or run home when it rains, no need to get (yukks) yeast infection (didja know that?) . OK..OK...use electricity, enviro unfriendly? but save $ & time in the end lah!!

Hi Ganster....oppppsss Crankster....drank too much piss and malt last night at the Wharf after dinner at Curves's Little Penang where you get genuine Penang fare from starters like gui-hoo-char, pai-tee and otak-otak to main serves like Siamese laksa et al.

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